The Autonomy Report
For founders, PMs, designers and engineers building with AI, robotics & autonomy. Every week: what deployed, what it cost, what you can learn.
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Latest Autonomy Insights
Defense
+3
Dec 1, 2025
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7 min read
State Department Backs Drone Delivery at Scale
U.S. State Department backs drone delivery at scale • Agility's Digit hits 100K totes • Aurora expands driverless routes
Autonomy
+2
Nov 19, 2025
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7 min read
China Ships Hundreds of Factory Humanoids
UBTECH delivers mass-produced Walker S2 robots to assembly lines. Hyundai bets $3 billion on NVIDIA AI factory. Waymo expands to three new U.S. cities.
Autonomy
+3
Nov 13, 2025
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8 min read
Abu Dhabi Beats California to Driverless Taxis
Plus: Foxconn's 6-month humanoid bet, Pentagon drone swarms, $51B humanoid forecast
Foxglove
+2
Nov 12, 2025
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3 min read
Foxglove Raises $40M to Build the Data Stack Behind Every Robot
While humanoid robots grab headlines and autonomous trucks make deliveries, there's a less visible infrastructure battle happening.
Space
+2
Oct 27, 2025
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6 min read
Pentagon Funds Space Robot Swarms That Work Without Orders
Lunar Outpost's MARS-1 mission tests what happens when robot crews coordinate themselves in orbit. If communication fails, they keep building anyway.
Autonomy
+1
Oct 21, 2025
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8 min read
The X-BAT: Shield AI's Autonomous VTOL Fighter
Shield AI's autonomous jet takes off vertically, hunts without GPS, lands tail-first. No runway. No pilot. Flying 2028.
Robots
+1
Oct 20, 2025
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8 min read
Sidewalk Robots Just Raised $50M While You Were Watching Flying Drones
Starship hits 9M deliveries with proven profitability • Sweden's cabless truck crosses international border autonomously • Figure builds factory to manufacture 12,000 humanoids per year
DoorDash
+4
Oct 16, 2025
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4 min read
DoorDash Taps Waymo for Phoenix Deliveries
Waymo fills downtime between passenger rides with grocery runs. DoorDash adds autonomous cars to its robot and drone fleet.
